HDMI Cables?

[Drayu]

Where is the best place to get one that I don't have to drop some serious coinage? Are they all the same....or is there something behind the gold plated ones with hex mesh and yadda yadda?

Need to know as my new tv will be here on Friday :D

[Drayu]

HDMI Info Links (for me and others)

http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,121777-page,1/article.html (PC World Review)

http://www.monoprice.com/products/product.asp?c_id=102&cp_id=10240&cs_id=1024004&p_id=2412&seq=1&format=2&style=

http://www.bluejeanscable.com/


http://www.buy.com/retail/searchresults.asp?querytype=home&qu=HDMI+Cable&qxt=home&display=col&dclksa=1 Buy.com Link

[sir_digalot]

or is there something behind the gold plated ones with hex mesh and yadda yadda

marketing :D

[Drayu]

Okay, I gathered as much from doing some reading. Now, where to buy at a reasonable price?

[sir_digalot]

how long do you need? 6ft 12ft 200ft? :D

6ft tiger direct for $20

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1435553&CatId=0

radioshack are all about $30 for the cheapies ( good luck finding them though they never seem to have them in store)

or this as a froogle search

http://www.svideo.com/hdmihdmisp6.html

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i hate the way they really try to rip people off with a $300 cable ....

[Drayu]

Nice link, I am looking at:

$27 from tiger


I can deal with that....gorro want in on one? split the shipping :D

[Ichi]

Yeah, monster cables are the biggest ripoff.

[sir_digalot]

but ion free gold plating electron bonded to the nitrogen free cable makes those digital signals looks so much better, it actually "adds" bits of data to it to improve the quality.... i thought everyone knew that ;)

[Drayu]

Well, I ended up finding 6ft HDMI cables at Sam's Club for $22. I went with those! They are gold plated and all that other mumbo jumbo, made by philips.

[papasan9]

monster hdmi is the biggest legal scam out there. i payed 20 bucks for my cable....a digital signal is a digital signal. damn, even the cheapest hdmi cables have the same 3 layer cable protection. is crazy.

[Bonez]

http://www.monoprice.com/products/subdepartment.asp?c_id=102&cp_id=10240&style=

[Drayu]

+shipping and wait time = worse deal

[sir_digalot]

monster hdmi is the biggest legal scam out there. i payed 20 bucks for my cable....a digital signal is a digital signal. damn, even the cheapest hdmi cables have the same 3 layer cable protection. is crazy.


there are quite a few audiophiles who disagree with that, mainly because they are retards :D many would say there was a difference in a double blind hearing test between the same piece of equipment...

i completealy agree with you, however i am sure i detected a diffence going from coax digital out to optical digital out on my $200 speakers.... (j/k)

[Bonez]

it's $22.87 for me, about $30 express, better deal then what i would be getting around here for the same quality cable.